Author of Seaborn (Juno Books), Saltwater Witch, Sea Throne, and Teller (Lykeion). I'm also an illustrator with art in Buzzy Mag, Shimmer and other publications.

11 October 2009

Mermaids on the iPhone

Finished up painting another mermaid this morning--in the Brushes app on my iPhone. This one's a little manga-ish, and have I mentioned how much I love the layering features in Brushes? I don't think I'd be able to do shading anywhere near as subtle without layers.

Are you a Brushes user? I'm wondering how many use a stylus? I bought one, used it for a couple paintings, about twenty minutes and have never picked it up again. I'm doing all of these drawings, sketches, paintings with my fingers. Took me a bit to get it down, but I use the tools--brushes sizes, textures, undo, layers so much that I just couldn't work with the stylus--holding it and constantly shifting to change brushes, transparency, paint colors--all of this is so much easier with your fingers than with the stylus.